Three one-run losses, including one in extra innings, contributed to a 2-6 Monday on the farm.

Today the farm teams went 3-3, with Buffalo winning a 14 inning sleeper 1-0.  Bluefield was involved in a shootout with Pulaski which involved 30 hits.  Lansing scored 14 runs, and Dunedin lost by double-digits.

Buffalo won thanks to Mauro Gomez who hit two home runs. Jose Reyes had two hits. Chad Jenkins was OK'ish.

Sean Nolin pitched seven strong to lead New Hampshire to the win.

Kyle Drabek started for Dunedin and took the loss.

Roberto Osuna had a bad start and Lansing lost big.

Vancouver rallied from a five run deficit in the sixth to win.

Bluefield had excellent pitching from Tom Robson and Jairo Labourt and DJ Davis drove in three runs as the Jays won.

The GCL Jays started their season with a double header sweep of the Phillies. 17 different hitters got to start a game.

It was an eventful night on the farm. Kevin Pillar and Andy Burns made their debuts with multi-hits games. Aaron Sanchez returned from the DL and didn't miss a beat. Burns and DJ Davis were each a home run short of the cycle.

Pillar was backed up with good pitching to lead Buffalo to the win. Burns debut was less successful as New Hampshire lost a winnable game. Dunedin had good pitching behind Sanchez and won. Lansing pitchers were blown out and the hitters went hitless. Bluefield's pitchers, Zak Wasilewski and Alberto Tirado were roughed up a bit in their first game. DJ Davis had three hits but it wasn't enough. Vancouver took an early lead and held on for a one run win.

Almost a full slate of games today as all the affiliates but the Gulf Coast League squad were in action. Short season, not quite Northwest League, but definitely not GCL, Bluefield played their first game of the season topping the visiting Greeneville squad. Gus Pierre—all two walks of him—has broken the High-A voodoo and played tonight for Dunedin. He didn’t help much as Dunedin was shutout by Daytona. A.J. Jimenez continues to treat Double-A like Brennan treats Dale in Step Brothers before they realize they’re BFF (Note: this means that Jimenez continues to swing the bat well). New Hampshire lost. Anthony Gose sat today, not surprising considering the shenanigans of last night and the dressing down by Marty Brown. Buffalo lost a tight one this afternoon and have struggled mightily recently. Way down south Ronniel Demorizi, a bonus baby from a few years back went deep twice. He’s got some nice numbers down there and should graduate from the island at the end of the year. The DSL Jays won. Who am I forgetting? Oh, Vancouver won.

Ricky Romero had his third respectable start in a row for Buffalo, in a game where Mauro Gomez hit another home run.  Jose Reyes continued to get back into game-shape with Dunedin before he returns to Toronto in the near future.

A 3-2 night for the affiliates featured two overtime victories and a six-run rally in the ninth. Dunedin needs a victory today to clinch their first-half division title. The bad news was a shutout loss and an overtime loss.

The affiliates took three out of four Monday night. I got to witness the lone loss in person!

Today was a new day for New Hampshire, they forgot about giving up 16 runs yesterday and their bats put together 22 runs.  Marcus Stroman had another fantastic start, and Mauro Gomez hit another home run.

Thad Weber pitched seven no-hit innings and Buffalo went on to one hit Pawtucket. It was bad news everywhere else. Sean Nolin was hit by a batted ball in the first inning and the relievers were hit all over the park. Lansing had only two hits and lost. Saturday was the FSL all-star game. Many D Jays took part. Vancouver ouhit Tri-City 10-4 but lost.

Hits were scarce on Friday. The Bisons were one hit in game one of a doubleheader. They were two hit in the nightcap until the sixth inning, but then they broke out with seven runs. They finished with eight hits and a second loss. New Hampshire had five hits and lost. Lansing had five hits too but one of them was a three run home run by Emilio Guerrero. Vancouver had four hits, scored nine runs, and won. Ricky Romero pitched well, six shutout innings. Roberto Osuna also pitched well. For some reason Claudio Vargas was called on to close out game 2 of the Bisons doubleheader and he certainly did nothing of the kind.

Only two affiliates in action tonight as the weather that knocked out the Jays game in Chicago last night seems to have taken with it some more victims further east. Buffalo and New Hampshire were out of action. Both affiliates that did play won tonight as Dunedin hit their way to victory down in Florida, while Lansing won on the back of some strong pitching.

The extended spring training season ended last Thursday.  Everyone gets a few days off around the draft and then the new signees show up this week.  The Vancouver roster ships outs one of these days and next week Bluefield and the GCL Jays start their seasons.  I received a copy of the stats for extended spring training.  Before we look at the stats we should look back at the stats from extended in 2012 to see how predictive they were.

The thread for the hitters stats is here.  The thread for the pitchers is here.

The Dominicans won a game in regulation and the Lugnuts only needed half an inning to win another. Other than that, it was an ugly Tuesday on the farm as the affiliates went 2-5.

Monday saw a pair of one-run losses for the only affiliates in action. The Bisons were rained out and the boys in the Dominican saw their game suspended.